'Silence Means Consent': 16 Law Students Suspended Over Lewd Messages About Female Peers in Indonesia

'Silence Means Consent': 16 Law Students Suspended Over Lewd Messages About Female Peers in Indonesia

The University of Indonesia suspended 16 male students from its Faculty of Law after screenshots of a group chat containing sexually explicit and demeaning messages about female peers and lecturers circulated widely on social media, triggering public outrage and renewed calls for accountability on Indonesian campuses. The case first came to public attention when the 16 students publicly apologised in a group chat of the 2023 Faculty of Law stude…